How to Install and Uninstall libmosquitto-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "libmosquitto-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libmosquitto-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libmosquitto-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libmosquitto-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmosquitto-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmosquitto-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: mosquitto
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 112
Depends: libmosquitto1 (<< 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7.1~), libmosquitto1 (>= 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7)
Breaks: libmosquitto0-dev (<< 1.2-1~)
Replaces: libmosquitto0-dev (<< 1.2-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mosquitto/libmosquitto-dev_1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7_amd64.deb
Size: 19058
MD5sum: 6b38658cfde63b62ad2d9a69b7115367
SHA1: 23b1f254bf99629a1d099b7d73a9acd215fe2218
SHA256: 08d081e839f396c7debe219969f550f644f05e622882351f3a47e83fb6c665cd
SHA512: a0110534445f4df69a7ebc45db184d4b9ff07647a9c43f091bebb7a274726cd64f2ddd3346b2a11adc4c13d143f7ae7ddb19fd696154ba939dc019d863c8df8c
Homepage: http://mosquitto.org/
Description-en: MQTT version 3.1/3.1.1 client library, development files
This is the header and man page for the libmosquitto1 C library, which is a
library for implementing MQTT version 3.1/3.1.1 clients. This package is needed to do
development with libmosquitto1.
Description-md5: 6f3af18c33fe681cde229e5836d3593c

Package: libmosquitto-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roger A. Light
Architecture: amd64
Source: mosquitto
Version: 1.4.8-1build1
Replaces: libmosquitto0-dev (<< 1.2-1~)
Depends: libmosquitto1 (<< 1.4.8-1build1.1~), libmosquitto1 (>= 1.4.8-1build1)
Breaks: libmosquitto0-dev (<< 1.2-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mosquitto/libmosquitto-dev_1.4.8-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 19036
MD5sum: a9a99c1225f6c31cdb870b47490b4812
SHA1: 54cc48ed75108d42466ef329e2c5b4d88f719fa8
SHA256: b1206c081070e5e0194091f6905bd84dadf2f1e8a38edc77ae93635cb07818c0
Description-en: MQTT version 3.1/3.1.1 client library, development files
This is the header and man page for the libmosquitto1 C library, which is a
library for implementing MQTT version 3.1/3.1.1 clients. This package is needed to do
development with libmosquitto1.
Description-md5: 6f3af18c33fe681cde229e5836d3593c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://mosquitto.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu